The Free-Range Bookclub
Bookclubbers without boundaries in Nelson, New Zealand
Category: Booker Prize
History of Wolves – Emily Fridlund
READ FOR BOOKERTHON 14-year-old outcast Madeline becomes caught up in a scandal with her neighbours across the lake. ◉ “Reading a straight-forward story was a welcome relief after the complex Lincoln in the Bardo. I enjoyed the contrasting worlds that Linda existed in and… Continue Reading “History of Wolves – Emily Fridlund”
Exit West – Mohsin Hamid
READ FOR BOOKERTHON In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young lovers hear whispers about doors that can whisk people far away, albeit perilously and for a price. ◉ “If I had to pigeonhole Exit West I would call it… Continue Reading “Exit West – Mohsin Hamid”
Lincoln In The Bardo – George Saunders
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Abraham Lincoln spends a night in his son’s tomb, a place populated by ghosts of the recently passed and the long dead. ◉ “Told through footnoted attribution derived from various texts, speeches or dialogue, Lincoln In The Bardo can be difficult… Continue Reading “Lincoln In The Bardo – George Saunders”
The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel A class of women, known as handmaids, are kept for reproductive purposes in a reality radically overturned by a theocratic revolution. ◉ “This read was a return to one of my all time favourite books. I wondered would it be… Continue Reading “The Handmaid’s Tale – Margaret Atwood”
The Famished Road – Ben Okri
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Becks In this 1991 Booker winner, the narrator, Azaro, is a spirit child struggling between the tensions of the living and the temptations of the carefree spirit kingdom. We must look at ourselves differently. We are freer than we think. We… Continue Reading “The Famished Road – Ben Okri”
2016 Bookerthon
In a year in which many established authors and their highly anticipated books (McEwan, Coetzee, Barnes, Tremain to name a few) didn’t make the shortlist, nor the longlist some of them, we were expecting big things from the 2016 Man Booker. We hadn’t even… Continue Reading “2016 Bookerthon”
His Bloody Project – Graeme Macrae Burnett
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Roderick Macrae admits to a triple murder in a remote Scottish community in 1869. A memoir written by Macrae makes it clear he is guilty but it’s up to the police and courts to try and uncover his motive. A memoir… Continue Reading “His Bloody Project – Graeme Macrae Burnett”
Do Not Say We Have Nothing – Madeleine Thien
READ FOR BOOKERTHON From inside an extended Chinese family, Do Not Say We Have Nothing examines two of the most important political moments of China’s past century: Mao’s Cultural Revolution and the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. ➤ “This is historical fiction written authentically… Continue Reading “Do Not Say We Have Nothing – Madeleine Thien”
Eileen – Ottessa Moshfegh
READ FOR BOOKERTHON Eileen Dunlop is an unassuming yet disturbed young woman trapped between her role as her alcoholic father’s caretaker in a home of squalor and her day job as a secretary at a Boston boys’ prison. A character study of a lonely… Continue Reading “Eileen – Ottessa Moshfegh”
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